How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice,…
Bishop at DC church outraged by Trump visit: ‘I just can’t believe what my eyes have seen’
(CNN) – Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of the Episcopal Diocese of Washington said Monday evening that she is “outraged” after President Donald Trump visited her church without advance notice to…
Alabama Passes Anti-Immigrant Legislation Authorizing Racial Profiling
On June 2, 2011, Alabama’s Republican-controlled state legislature passed House Bill 56, a controversial anti-immigration bill much tougher than a similar Arizona law passed the year before. One week later,…
How Did George Floyd Die? Here’s What We Know
A private autopsy commissioned by the family concluded that his death was a homicide, brought about by compression of his neck and back by Minneapolis police officers. George Floyd, 46,…
Ferguson elects city council member Ella Jones as first black mayor in city’s history
Ella Jones will also be the first woman to serve as the Mayor of Ferguson FERGUSON, Mo. — Ferguson City Council member Ella Jones won the city’s mayoral election Tuesday.…
White Factory Workers Strike to Protest Black Workers’ Promotions in Detroit
On June 3, 1943, almost all of the 25,000 white workers at the Detroit Packard Motor Company went on strike and ceased all production to protest the recent promotion of…
BET Founder Robert Johnson Calls For $14 Trillion in Reparations For Slavery
Black Entertainment Television co-founder Robert Johnson told CNBC Monday the U.S. government should provide $14 trillion of reparations for slavery to help reduce racial inequality. According to CNBC, Johnson believes…
Black Voters Are Coming for Trump
They shouldn’t lose hope. They are at the heart of the fight to take back America. In Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, a young protester told a reporter that she just…
George Floyd’s smiling daughter, 6, says ‘daddy changed the world’
Dr. Bernice King understands exactly what this young lady is feeling because her daddy’s death changed the world too George Floyd’s daughter, Gianna, sitting atop the shoulders of her “uncle”…
UH psychologist sheds light on mental health for African Americans
When Rheeda Walker finished writing her book, “The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health,” (New Harbinger Publications, $16.95), she considered not using “mental health” in the title. The words often…